Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-10-04
COUNTY FAIR.
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MORE HoRsrs. NoRr CATTLE. MORE
rEorIr. MORE Nosry.
ruHrx rinsr CLASS DAYS. AND KvER,.
Tnixo TO MATCH.

TuRrE rinsr CLASS DAYS, AND k'ERN
THING TO MATCH
A week Of weather speculation snS
foreboding rain made everybody happy u
see gooi weather las, Tuesday morning.
In order that the Annual Farmers Fesii
val might have the pA,ronsge IL 80 jas,l,
deserves. Everybody Abou, three part
makes Il point TO attend the Osford
County Fair. and the weather 'igns ai'
slwsys watched with anxiety for week
or more preceding the grsa, event.
II is the one event Of the year In the
lives Of many Of the Oxford County far
mer's families. and they recognize !, a.
such. We have often heard the remark
IL had rather 20 TO the County Fair than
to the State Pair" They depend upon
,hi. oec .ion TO NEE, their neighbors and
friends. sxehsrge greetings. compare
good stock. aud discuss big pumpkins,
The chair. around the stove Of the eoun.
Try .iore will answer for the discussion OF
the grrs, question Of political imporisses
which shall tear down OF build up The
republic. ba, the County Fair II an In.
yasion which CONES but once = year and
sfoid. opportunities which are uHsqusl.
led elsewhere.
The kr, day % the Fair i, always the
day of lish, attendance. yet the eseslIsn,
weather Of las, Tgssdsy was too much OF
= temptation TO LOIS of people. The high
way. leading to the Fair 0rounds were
fall Of teams of ell kinds. loaded with
farm product. for exhibition. aud long
teams of oxen and steer. were numerous.
rsminding one Of an old.fashionsd house
moving.
Ga the gioand, |, was day Of hard
work 10 arranging the exhibit. ~ they
came in. erecting ,ssts and booths, and
getting the big .ho- Ia order for the au.
dieree which W. expected.
On the rish, Of the entrance. under
the shed. which have formerly been used
for agricultural implements ~as q hne
exhibition Of hens. Turkeys. ducks. geese.
and poaliry In general. a, the upper end
Of which stood cage containing t~o
large aud handsome owls; and II they
bad Owned the earth they could no, have
looked more wise. dignifsd. and self
eonpl.een, a. they blinked a, the pA''er.-
by. The DINocEAr noticed that their
eyes we're rather large, bat one Of the
Trustees explained 10 u. ihA, Il was only
"f.mIly Characteristic" and 20 ~e ven,
away satisfied.
The poultry show was one OF the be',
ever made a, the County Fair. and con.
,.insd handsome specimens Of nearly al
the leading varieties. The society has
given the poal,ry beilsr chance TO show
this year than ever before. aud the breed.
,r. sppieeia,ing ihi. fact. make better
showing. A. T.. shurileG, the well.
known South Paris f.neisr. bad forty. Eve
coop. On the grounds. III. lsrgss, sx.
hiblis wers Lish, Brshmas and Plymouth
Rocks. but he had several other varis,is'.
including three pairs bronze ,arksy'. i've
pairs Pskin ducks. and one pair Toulouse
geese. T.. VI. Atwood, OF Baekhs!d. had
eish, pair, Of wJando,,ss and Brosn and
White L.ghorn'. George T.. Young. OF
Norway. had ten coop. in the exhibit.
Near tie fowl. stood Mr.. y. G. Msf.
rilrs exhibition u bis f.mou, o. n.
plow,. harrows. and eul,ivaiou. The
farmers Of Oxford County know well the
merit Of Afr. MsrrilIs goods and sppre-
eia,e them. Mr NJ. sl.o makes an sx.
hibii in the frui, department, Al the Hall
Oae Of the thing. which attracts the
eye Immediately upon catering ,h'
grounds. 1. a large sxhlbi, Of the Dseriag
harvesting msehinery. Manufactured by
the Chicago millionaire, William Deer
ing. = sou Of "Jadg-" Deefing OF Soaih
Paris. Mr. J. ID. Williams. Of South
Paris. !, the sgsh, for ,hs'e goods In o.
ford County. aud some Of the machines
shown a, the Fair were q novelty 20 mos,
Eastern farmers. and attracted = good
deal q attention.
The catering Ausngemsn,s ihi. year
were better than ever before. new booths
and ,sn,s having been erected aud regu-
Jar "Dslmonieo" bills Of fare presented.
Among the b,s, were those Of the South
Psri. cong'l Society. the Ladies Circle.
Of Norway. and +. G. Briggs OF South
Paris. All weie well pa,ronized and de-
served IL. They gave better dinner for
the money. and more Of !, than many
more prtten,ious establishments
The vsnde, ofpssnuis. eigar'. grapes.
AMI all other earthly goods were on the
grounds early aud stayed late. and al.
though the goods were earthly the
yell. ihs, many Of them gave ven, TO we're
uneartMy. The striking machine aud
the shooting galleries seemed TO be among
the popular attractions. They had hard.
ly "se, up" In business before two OF
Oxford County's most promineh, law
yers had "wheedled" a DEnccnAr re-
porter into q match on the striking ma
chine Now Il Is common talk every
where iha, when q man does business
With a lawyer. be gets beaten. This
case sas no exception TO the rule. The
orator Of The Androscossin proved Ihs,
be Wa. physically powerful IS well s
mentally 90. The DENocRArs confidence
In the striking machine VAS not shaken
until the other prominent juris, 'quilled
with enc hand the strike made by the
former with both, then We turned sadly
away aud thought thA, the silver badge
bearing the word Trustee might have
had something 10 do With Il Hut the
reporter had hi. revenge. He took his
adversary down 20 the ,ide of,he grounds.
where there Was = weapon called a dart
gun. and though the nes'PsPer mans
nerve only allowed him 10 mske about
fourteen out Of possible i~sn'y'one. be
bea, the silver-tongued orator
Being Of an inquiring mind and having
been favored With but one complimentary
ticket. ~e inquired Of Superintendent
Newell Thomss In regard to the chances
Of jumping the fence. "Do they jump
the fence any this year," says the DrN'
ocRAr mo, q fence!" says Newell.
Carrying the investigation further the
Democrat Inquired "what do you do